Abusir Bana
Abusir Bana (Arabic: أبو صير بنا), anciently known as Busiris (Greek: Βούσιρις; Coptic: ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ, ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ, romanized: pusiri, busiri, lit. 'house of Osiris'), is a village in Gharbia governorate, Egypt. The population is 22,214 people, according to the official census of 2006.
Abusir Bana
أبو صير بنا | |
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Abusir Bana Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 30°54′00″N 31°14′05″E | |
| Country | Egypt |
| Governorate | Gharbia |
| Population (2006) | |
| • Total | 22,214 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
In antiquity, Busiris was the chief town of the Ati nome in Egypt. It stood east of Sais, near the Phatnitic mouth on the western bank of the Damietta Branch of the Nile. The city's pharaonic name was Djedu. The modern name is a compound, where the name of the nearby town Bana (Arabic: بنا, Coptic: ⲡⲁⲛⲁⲩ, lit. 'one of the donkey, ass') was added to differentiate it from other settlements of the same name spread around Egypt.
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